Reflection

What? Alright so this week we had thanksgiving break. Of course this time of year gets you to thinking about what you are thankful for. This year I can say for certain I am thankful for the effect technology can have on the classroom. I am thankful for this class and the knowledge it has given me so that when I become a teacher I can make a difference.

So what? As a teacher I want to be someone my students will learn and grow from. I want to be someone my colleagues will look to. I want to be someone the parents of my students admire. I am going to pull all my resources together and do everything I can to make my students understand. Technology is something that students can now relate to because they are growing up in a technologically friendly world. They say that a student learns best when they can see, hear, and interact with the subject given. I know I can use the technologies I have learned in class to do that.

Now what? So for example, when I teach my future students about washing their hands I can show them how step to step through a vidcast. Or what better to learn something than to teach something. So I can have a group of students teach the class to understand something by making a PowerPoint. When my colleagues see how technologically advanced my class is they can take points and find a better way to teach their students. I want to change lives and make my students want to better themselves and be someone incredible when they grow up. I know I can only do this if I use all the resources available to me.

Video Reflection: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=24266&title=Mr_Duey___Fractions_Official_Video

I think this video is great because it show us teacher how we can really get our students to understand fractions. You can apply this to any subject and just make a video using a vidcast. I can tell that this teacher really cares about his students because he is going above and beyond to make sure his students understand about fractions.